PROVINCIAL NEWS.

Dominion, Volume 2, Issue 498, 4 May 1909, Page 3

PROVINCIAL NEWS.

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• PALMEESTON. / A charge' of theft was heard at the S.M. yesterday, and resulted in. Charles H. jj'mith being fined £5, and admitted to probation for six months. For,the prosecution it was stated that accused had taken goods valued at £4 10s. from Malcolm's partially burnt furniture factory. ' , ' ' ' About 11.55; on Sunday night fire broke out in a four-roomed shop and dwelling occupied by Mrs. Madeline Moore, in Taonui Street; The flames had a good hold when tho -'brigade,' under .Superintendent Warner, arrived on tho scene, but ono lead of hose, together with an oxcelleni pressuro of water, soon removed all danger. The.fire started in tho front room. about the centre of the .building,' and no : damage was done' to the shop, except by smoko. The shop had been added; on to the. dwelling within the past year. There ; is no solution as, to the origin of the .outbreak, but it was apparently due to a faulty chimney. The insurances are: — £130 on the building in the Royal .Stock ffice, £200 in the Sonth', British, £150 on the furniture in the Commercial Union, and £50 on. the piano in the Royal. ■[■'■■ V 1 .; FEILDING. '■■■ The Yates Feathers have bean flying between Palmerston and Feilding throughout the bowling ' season. Last year they wintered in Feilding, and it looks as if history is going to repeat itself, for, on Saturday, Feilding again won them. Ohallengers' intended coming over on and Saturday, but tho settled-down appearance of ; tho rain seems to indicate that the bowling season has ended. '; . Tlio Feilding Operatic Society is making rapid progress with ' "The 'Gondoliers," The annual .< meeting of the Halcombe branch of. the Farmers' Union did not take place as advertised on Saturday night, owing to the fact that only the secretary and three or four turned, up. These held a short conference'in the open:'air, and it now seems to bo understood that, on the return of tho chairman from Rotorua, a meeting will be called to wind up tho affairs of the branch. ' ; At the- annual meeting of the Clareville Hall Committee the balance-sheet showed a debit of £26 still duo on the hall; the debit at the: commencement of the 'year' haying been £93.' during; the'year had been.£s2 r and,.from-thisv ( sunv!£2l had to bo.deducted. Mr. R.'C. Drummond was accorded -a .hearty, yoto.. of , thanks ;-fbr; his vices as secretary during the three year's of the committee's. existence,. and the matter of appointing a was! held over.. Mr. J.'M. Beechey, who has for some years filled the position of headmaster at the Dalefield School, has been appointed to a similar position at-the 1 Clareville School.-r-.. ' . A bolt-on the part of a venerable piece of horseflesh 'lit up the 'monotony of Monday morning with' a small spark .of excitement. If bippeara.. that ; Mr. ;Tanb'fski had -left his white horse, credited with ; being 27 years old, standing: in Belvedere-Road attached to an empty 'dray. .During the owner's absence it made off-along. the street at a killing pace. Passing.' the. newspaper office it introduced itself rather .rudely", -to. a .verandah .jPpst, which 'was.-'severely, shaken,. and, then»just missed a cordial; cart standing further along the street V.but.'ran' into'a : t«lephorio pole, resujting'iin. the-' '-'tip'"-' of the dray being re- ■ loased.-Ii cleared.Ballio'«cornerCsafely and threatened the verandah posts- of Lindop's Buildings, in High Street, but, at the wave <of a hand,, the animal shied off,and then ran on" to the footpath in front of -Mr. _V;' L. FairorotheT's auction rooms, where it was stopped in time to_ prevent it going through tho : plate-glass window of ..the next door building. Beyond-the damage to'the verandah post, which is slight, nothing serious-oc-curred. 'Mr.'Tanofski states that this.is tho second occasion on which tho aged animal has left him without warning, and ho now looks upon .it as, growing somewhat untrustworthy in its:old ago.', ~:. .... : "... ', ..', v. The Rev. R. Yqiirig, vicar,of, St..Mark's Churdh, held a,service:at .Gladstone on Sunday and at, : Parkvale.'.in the: even'ing. ;Tho'evening service has only been'recently inaugurated,.but is.-much appreciated by rosidents. .-. ...;'. ■~;...; ..-.' .The' Wairarapa Rugby Referees' Association.met on Saturday evening, Mr. Edward M'Kenzio being in the chair. Messrs. ,T. Feilding, M'Kellar, and D. K. Logan were elected members, and. the following officers appointed:—President, Mr. Frank Royd-house;ivico-presidept, Mr. E. M'Kenzio; secretary and treasurer, Mr. J. M. NichoUs; ters; r E. M'Kenzie, J. M. Nicholls, and the Appointment Committee,- Messrs. , A. B. CharS resident ex officio; of the few Zealand'Referees'.Association, Mr. E: M'Kcnzie. ■ It was decided to procure a number of rule-books for distribution' amongst players on-payment of a small fee. ; : . iwOODYILLE:. ' ■ ; :• The anniversary services ■ of' the Methodist Church were held on Sunday, the attendance being -'excellent.' The Rev. Mr. Ginger preached both morning and evening; Mr. Ponn-Warden,; who has been: managing Mr. J; B. Veal's farm, has taken up a position at New Plymouth. Hβ left for that distrjet yesterday morning. ■ ' i The Forestere' Lodge purpose running fortnightly assemblies, the-Jirst to commence on Thursday. , ; : \: ";- :% IiEYIN. \v r . : , ; Some good game .bags have been socured in 'L<syin', district.isincd'Saturday; Pigeons are .fairly;, numerous/ and several parties have had good "sport shooting ducks, Mr. Macdonald securing; no fewer, than 72. of tho latter. .Other parties have' , also 'been very successful. . , I-,.': , -: ; -.',■ ".'-,"'. Misses Rout and Campbell, of Sydney, who aie on a.tour of the Dominion, visited Wereroa Boys' Training Farm.on Saturday, and were shown, over tho place-by Major G, M. Burlinson, the manager. The ladies expressed themselves as. delighted with what they had seen, and declared that the general order of tho establishment was a credit to the officer in. charge. : They wore particularly struck with tho smart, appearance and general good manners of tho ..boys. .'"-...' The Rev. Isaac Jolly, M.A., of Palmerston North, Moderator-elect of the Presbyterian

Church of New Zealand, preached in Levin Presbyterian Church' on Sunday to largo congregations. ' ■■ ■-.■■■ ■_ ■ . The session of the Levin Y.M.C.A.' Literary i>nd Debating Society is set down to open on May 13, when Mr. Byron' Brown is expected to lead in a debate on "Dreadnoughts."'- "An evening with Sir Walter Scott" is included in tho syllabus, and will probably be fixed for the beginning of July.- ~ ■■<■. -■:■ FEITHERSTON. . The shooting .season opened on Saturday with very line weather. : .No .very large bags havebben secured so far however.! Swan are fairly plentiful.: but ducks are Bcarce._ On Sunday night.tno weather broke and rain fell. If the weather comes- up really wough thero is a .'chance.that good shooting will be. obtained. ' r .:■;. ■ ':■; The best cards handed in from the handicap match ,on tho '' Golf Links on Saturday were those of Gray (handicap-15), 86, and G; Fenwick (scratch), 87. There will bo another match next Saturday, and on the following Saturday tho medal competitions will start. Mr. Wilkinson, from Western Lake, is the latest addition to the ranks of the motorists ! here. One of his initial adventures in his newly-purchased niachine seems.to havo been rather exciting. Ho came over the hill in it and, at the bottom, the'driver cot amongst largo boulders. 'Assistance had to be obtained from Feathorston to get the car on the road again. "■■.' ;;'.! : . ':■•'■■ : OTAKI. ■': '■:■■ : - . Gun sportsmen wore out in various directions for the opening of the shooting season, arid good bagsare reported., The best takes in the vicinity wore made, on private property. On.these, ducks are vory numerous. ■ As mentioned in the commercial columns of The Dominion recently, Mr. T. O'Rourk© haa bought a farm of 612 acres, the property of Mr. Fraser, of Otaki ,porge, at £7 10s. an acre. It is now stated that the purchaser has since refused £1000 on his purchase. . ' At a meeting of, theßoad Board on Saturday, it was agreed.to take over the road connecting Wairongaand Mill roads.. Tho Gen' eral Manager of Railways wrote with reference to the recent deputation regarding local rates, asking for particulars of special rates paid by tho old Wellington and'Manawatu Railway Company.. A letter from tho Foxtoh Chamber of Commerce asking,'the hoard to support the proposed Levin-Greatford railway was received. Messrs. Bird Brothers, of Manakau, wrote .with reference to the board allowing the.local paper to publish a letter from them regarding unpaid rates. The board upheld the action,of the newspaper. The financial position of the board showed a credit of £93 Is. 4d. It was resolved to strike a general rate of 7-16 d. in the £ for the year ending March, 1910. Last year the rate was 3-Bd. ■:'■■■ ..,-.' PONGAEOA. The following were the successful candidates at the Pongarofl' School Committee' election:—Messrs. J. Allen, J. Berry, H. Coe, A. M'DonaJd, J. M'Donald, J. M'lntyre, J. Perfect. ; There were sixteen nominations, At a meeting of the committee held afterwards Mr. J. Berry was elected chairman and Mr* J. M'lntyre secretary and treasurer for tho ensuing year. . ,'_•:•'